James IV's siege of Norham Castle in 1497 was his first major operation against England, launched to support Perkin Warbeck's claim to the English throne and to demonstrate Scottish power after years of peaceful coexistence under his father James III. James brought his best artillery train and the siege was a serious military operation that successfully breached Norham's walls before the approach of Surrey's English relief army forced a Scottish withdrawal. The operation gave James experience of siege warfare and artillery that would be crucial for understanding — and misunderstanding — the power of his guns before Flodden.
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